"Lovely white snowflakes, Swirl through the night air, Kissing the waiting earth. Caressing the ground, The snow brings the gifts, Of silence and peace." --Karen Bateman, excert from her poem, "Snowed In."
I was playing catch-up, reading a friend's blog, I've been missing out on lately, and saw the most beautiful snowflakes her children had made as Christmas decorations. Thankfully, being the kind of woman she is, she graciously shared the how-tos with her readers. Now following her lead, I am sharing them with all of you. Whoever reads my blog deserves something, right? :-)
Before our Christmas break, I had decided to do a unit on William Bentley, the Snowflake Man. Imagine my delight as snow began falling on January 4th, the first day we started our new unit! God always seems to do neat stuff like that to remind me that He is in charge of everything in our lives. Nothing is too big or too small for Him to care about. Now you may be thinking that snow in January is not that unusual, but it is here in the Deep South. It is also being one of the coldest weeks we've ever had, and snowed even more today. I'll have some pics of the snow, and the kids fun in it later.
For our unit we are using the book, Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Mary Azarian, along with the Five in Row, fiarhq.com, unit study on Snowflake Bentley by Jane Lambert.
I found the following videos on YouTube to share with my children,
There are many more videos about William Bentley available on YouTube, if you wish to see more.
I also found this website that looks interesting, snowflakebentley.com
"Because I do this I can show these lovely things to people who never would have seen them without my help. They will get their daily quart of milk, all right. Other farmers will attend to that. But I think I am giving them something which is just as important." William Bentley, the Snowflake Man
Recent Comments